The mother of 'Jimmy' Gargasoulas has expressed the disgust she feels for his shocking rampage through Melbourne's CBD on Friday.

The mother and sister of a 10-year-old schoolgirl killed in Melbourne's CBD tragedy were last night fighting for their lives in hospital.

Friends of the youngest of four people killed when a man drove into a crowd in Melbourne have spoken out, saying "we all feel helpless and hopeless at times like this".

Twenty four people remain in Melbourne hospitals after a man drove a car into a crowd at a mall on Bourke St, killing four.

Tourists have been seen posing for photographs at the scene where a car fatally ploughed into pedestrians in Melbourne's city centre.

The man who allegedly mowed down people in Melbourne, killing four, has a violent history and was known to cops, police allege.

The man police believe is responsible for an inner-city rampage that killed four people in Melbourne yesterday, will receive multiple charges.

'We are stronger than this evil criminal act." That was the message delivered to shocked Victorians after a rampage that left four people dead in Melbourne.

Senator David Leyonhjelm has been slammed for a tweet appearing to make a joke out of the Melbourne shopping centre attack.

Pedestrians running for their lives from an out of control vehicle in Melbourne narrowly escaped death by diving into a convenience store.

Veteran Aussie Brad Hodges has joined the chorus of disapproval calling Brendon McCullum's ban "a mockery".

A father-of-two has died after he was mowed down by a car in a suspected domestic dispute in Melbourne.

A young Melbourne family has been the victim of an appalling racial tirade where they were repeatedly told to "f*** off" and called "wogs".

Stacey Tierney, the woman who was found dead in a Melbourne strip club, kept a shocking secret from her family

The strip club where dancer Stacey Tierney died in mysterious circumstances is copping a furious barrage on its Facebook page.

The New Zealand friend of woman found dead at a Melbourne strip club says she fears the exotic dancer was killed.

A British woman's body lay undiscovered for hours after she died while partying with a group of men at an exclusive Australian strip club.

Heavy storms have washed faecal matter into Melbourne's Port Phillip Bay, prompting experts to warn of a gastro risk.

Detective described injuries as "horrific and over a large period of time."

Chris Martin is renowned as a world class performer - but he fluffed his lines when he pulled the wrong woman up on stage ahead of a fan's proposal.

A tourist has told how she almost got in the car during an outback encounter with a man now charged with murder.

A Kiwi father-of-four has died in Melbourne eight days after being hospitalised for "sudden onset asthma".

Warning from Victoria's chief health officer that thunderstorms due to hit Australia later today may trigger respiratory problems - after earlier event killed 8 people.

A fisherman on the search for squid has landed a haul of two flamingos, one unicorn, a dinosaur and four grateful schoolies.

Police say five women were injured, including four women pushed off the platform and on to the tracks in the attack.

A sixth person has died almost a week after Melbourne was hit by an unprecedented thunderstorm asthma outbreak.

From the archives: A police investigation into Melbourne's runaway cruise control vehicle has been completed, but it hasn't provided the answers the terrified driver was looking for.

The mother of a New Zealand-born teen who allegedly stabbed an off-duty policeman in his own home, has made a public apology.

Student Omar Moujalled (second from left) was one of four victims who died in the freak thunderstorm asthma crisis that hit Melbourne.

A number of other patients remain in intensive care and one person is critical, the health minister said today.